Drink Upscale

Post-classic cocktails for the holidays

"...store, but the result is well worth the effort. Oldest Fashioned2 ounces Laird's Straight Apple Brandy (Loving advises against..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee is something of a rarity: a movie for children that is about children and their world.

"...point of reckoning. However, to reach the movie’s very old-fashioned message – that families must cooperate, listen to one..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Day Trips: Garland BBQ

Old-fashioned pit barbecue does it low and slow

"...communities northeast of Dallas. It is one of the oldest continuously black-owned businesses in North Texas. "I raised six..."

July 20, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"..."We're not the oldest bakery in Fredericksburg," says Don Dietz, "but we are..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

What's Wrong with Public Housing?

The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority

"...working-class set asides out of downtown loft towers, the old-fashioned public-sector approach -- government builds, rents, and manages the..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Garden State

A mash note to love that speaks to Generation Y as powerfully as The Graduate did to the Boomers.

"...of love, which on paper may sound like the oldest cliché in the screenwriter’s handbook but instead here feels..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin's Barbecue Culture Is Well-Seasoned Thanks to These Pioneers

A brief history of old-school 'cue

"...While some of Austin's oldest barbecue joints – like Salt Lick, Stubb's, County Line,..."

June 15, 2018 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

2001 Kids' Summer Fun Guide

"...One of the oldest camps on the river above Uvalde, Neal's is a..."

May 4, 2001 Features Feature by Gerald E. McLeod

Laying It All Out

Novelist Shelby Hearon has made an art of the little white lie.

"...she knows the lowdown on where to get good old-fashioned Austin food...."

Feb. 16, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

One Dish, Two Dish, Red Dish, Blue Dish

"...as many dishes as we could. My youngest and oldest cousin really loved the Spinach Greens ($2.15). They have..."

May 7, 1999 Food Feature

Dr Pepper, Texas

What makes the Dr Pepper in Dublin, Texas, so much better than that made anywhere else?

"...first, Old Doc's Soda Fountain, is conjoined to the oldest and most famous Dr Pepper bottler in the world,..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Features Feature by David Lynch

Cheap Eats: Hut’s Hamburgers

Austin classic is still one of the best deals in town

"...One of the oldest businesses on West Sixth, Hut's is criminally underrated. With..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Food Feature by Mary Bryce

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...de Valfierno, a rogue and small-time grifter who has fashioned himself into faux loyalty out of the rubble of..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Day Trips

"...county seat of Guadalupe County with a combination of old-fashioned service and eclectic blend of merchandise...."

Aug. 1, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Clarksville's Willis Littlefield Readies His Annual Christmas Lights

The longtime resident is ready to light up his home and hand out holiday sweets for the 22nd Christmas

"...designated as a historic district in 1975, is the oldest surviving freedmen's town on this side of the Mississippi...."

Dec. 13, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Buzz Mill's Lumber Society Teaches Primitive Survival Skills in a Modern Setting

Everything you need to know to survive the great outdoors

"...and Smokey the Bear – the latter an old fashioned made with house-infused whiskey, tobacco bitters, cola, and a..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Day Trips: Manske Rolls, San Marcos

The unique twist on the cinnamon roll is a San Marcos original

"...and the Hays County Historic Courthouse is now the oldest restaurant in San Marcos...."

March 2, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Sotol: The New White Lightning

Three military vets find purpose, identity, and craft in Desert Door distillery

"...Dan Garrison, who started Garrison Brothers ["the first and oldest legal whiskey distillery in Texas," according to their website]...."

Dec. 1, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Review: Citizen Eatery

Vegetarian eating for a new Austin

"...reverberations of that in the hearty fare of our oldest plant-based restaurant – Mother's Cafe & Garden. But diets..."

July 14, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Six Ways to Have a Nostalgic Austin Summer

Travel back to a simpler time

"...way, it’s always worth a visit to this good old-fashioned burger shack. Blue Starlite Drive-in..."

May 23, 2017 Chronolog Post by Will McCarthy

Day Trips & Beyond: Ice Fishing, Door County, Wis.

A trip to Sturgeon Bay

"...The Whistling Swan Inn: The oldest inn on the peninsula, has limited number of rooms..."

Feb. 15, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Behind the Case

Firehouse Lounge hits 'craft dive' stride

"...Ballard's plan soon found form in the oldest standing fire station in Austin, Washington Fire Hall No...."

Aug. 8, 2014 Food Feature by Gracie Salem

On an Adventure With Sam Neill

Revisiting the ripping yarn with the "Jurassic Park" star

"...his path are the Mundi family, most especially resourceful oldest son Mariah (Aneurin Barnard, who Neill called "a very..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: Just Since April

Secret surveillance efforts fly in the face of our Constitution

"...used by almost 100 people at one of the oldest and most reputable news organizations."..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Different Drugs, Different People, Different Effects

Fusebox Festival's Hank Cathey talks alcohol and its attendant joys

"...of Texas; it has longest – or maybe the oldest? – wooden bar in Texas. It's a bar bar...."

July 3, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kickin' It Old School: Historic Dining in the ATX

"...Scholz Garten (1607 San Jacinto) Austin's oldest outdoor biergarten and dining hall was built by German..."

March 15, 2013 Food Feature by MM Pack

Postering the City, Flyering the Town

Fritz "Motorblade" Blaw's still got it covered

"...the afterschool program at Child Craft, one of the oldest afterschool programs in Austin."..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Montecore

Montecore shows a young novelist swinging for the fences and hitting hard

"...a biography of his father, Abbas, with his father's oldest friend, Kadir. The two exchange drafts of the increasingly..."

April 1, 2011 Books Review by Sarah Smith

Day Trips

Pine Creek Country Inn creates a European-style retreat among the towering pine trees of East Texas

"...18 rooms are motel-style in two single-story lodges. The oldest of the lodges was built by the previous owner..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

FJA 4-EVER

Famous Monster of Filmland Forrest J Ackerman gravely ill

"...of online blogs reported last week that the world's oldest monster kid, Forrest J Ackerman, is gravely ill and..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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